Improvement in towel-racks



H. W. CURTIS.

Improvement in'Tow-el Racks. N0.124,12. Patented Feb. 27,1872.

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HARRISON IV. CURTIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HALE,GOODMAN & OO., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMAENT IN TOWELRACKS.

Specication forming part of Letters PatcntNo. 124,120, dated February27, 1872.

Specification describing an Improved Towel- Rack, invented by HARRISONW. CURTIS, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania.

My invention consists of a towel-rack having bars and rails connectedtogether by coupling-blocks, in a manner too fully explained hereafterto need preliminary description, the object of my invention being toeconomize material in the manufacture of racks of a neat and substantialcharacter.

In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedtowel-rack; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4, views of detached portions of therack drawn to an enlarged scale.

A and A are the opposite feet or bases of the rack, and are connectedtogether by crosspiece B. Each of the opposite end frames of the rack iscomposed of two vertical bars, a a, connected together at a pointmidway, or thereabouts, between their upper and lower ends by across-bar, l); and at the top by arched bars c e, the frames beingconnected together by the horizontal rails fj', h h, andi. My inventionrelates more especially to the peculiar manner in which these severalparts are put together, as illustrated in the detached views, Figs. 2,3, and 4. The vertical bars c ay are fitted into and secured to thebase, and pass up vard through and are glued to the coupling-blocks m m,each block receiving one end of the bar b, as well as one end of therails f. The upper ends of the vertical bars a a terminate within thecoupling-blocks a n, each of which also receives one end of a cross-bar,d, one end of one of the .upper rails h, and one end of one of thearched pieces e e, the upper ends of these pieces meeting within acoupling-blocl ,p, which receives one end of the upper rail 1'.

In the workshops of cabinet-makers, manufacturers of picture-frames,Src., aquantity of valuable lumber is necessarily cut to waste, thewaste pieces consisting generally of small blocks, which are usuallydisposed of as waste scraps, but which I utilize by converting them intothe above-mentioned coupling-blocks for towel-racks.

The scraps may be converted into simple round blocks, as shown in thedrawing, or the blocks may be of any other shape, and ornamented in anydesired manner, care being taken in all cases that they be of sutlicientsize to afford the proper strength after the holes are bored.

Independently of the economy attained in thus utilizing waste scraps byconverting them into coupling-blocks, the latter become the mediums forbuilding a neat structure of a very substantial and permanent character;for, after the several bars and rails have been glued into the blocks,the towel-rack, though light in appearance, will bear much rough usage.

Economy is attained in another respect in carrying out my'invention. Thearched top of the fame is made of two pieces, e e, which can be cutoutwith much less waste of matcrial than a single piece.

If desired, the bars and rails may be screwed into the coupling-blocks,instead of bein g glued therein.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a towelrackhaving bars and rails connected together by colliding-blocks, as hereinset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

H. W. CURTIS.

Witnesses WM. A. STEEL, JOHN K. RUPERTUs.

